Chinese Vocabulary
洗白
to whitewash
xǐbái
Usage
To whitewash — repackage a guilty person via narrative so the public sees them as innocent or sympathetic. Originally a money-laundering term, extended to reputations.
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洗白 appears in 3 podcast episodes at natural native speed, with full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.